CONTENTS

1. CALLS TO ACTION
2. EVENTS
3. ARTICLES

Fund Our Schools

Myth: The Ford Conservative Government has funded education more than any other Government.

Fact: The Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives has tracked that education funding per student per school year is down $1,500 since the Conservatives took office in 2018. For a school with 700 students, that’s a funding cut of over $1 million. In a classroom of 24 kids, that’s $36,000 per class that is missing.

fundourschools.ca

Demilitarize the Airshow

The call to demilitarize the airshow is the demand to end Canadian complicity in the Palestinian genocide. We must disrupt the global F-35 fight jet supply chain, in which over 100 Canadian companies profit.

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Online Course: War, Peace, and Law

When: Mondays, August 6 to Sept 8

War and peace are not only political struggles – they are legal constructs that shape global power, foreign and domestic policy, and everyday life. War is prohibited under international law, and numerous constitutions, treaties, and legal systems restrict, renounce, or seek to prevent it. Yet exceptions persist, enforcement is selective, and legal norms are routinely ignored, undermined, or exploited. The result is a world where war is illegal on paper but legitimized and normalized in practice.

worldbeyondwar.org

Better Transit, Better Streets

When: Thursday, August 28th, 6pm – 8pm
Where: EarlyON Child and Family Centre at Jane and Finch Mall, 1911 Finch Ave W #50A

Join us for a workshop in collaboration with Jane Finch Action Against Poverty where we will share stories and have an open discussion about how to improve the TTC and win more riders onto the system. We will be covering topics like transit safety, affordability and fare capping, more frequent service, and more. We’d love to see you there—and appreciate your help spreading the word!

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Science for Palestine

When: August 28th, 7pm
Where: Different Booklist, 779 Bathurst St.

In this issue we focus on the oppression and liberation of the Palestinian people through the lens of revolutionary science, technology, and healthcare. The innovation and ingenuity of Palestinians under the siege and occupation plays an important and often overlooked role in the vitality of their resistance. Nowhere is this more evident than the constant technical and political marvels in care practices that enable collective resistance through birthwork and nourishment for a besieged enclave at the brink of famine. Wahi Mohamad, co-writer of the article “Birthwork as Intifada: A Site of Resistance and Return,” will speak on the efforts of birthworkers in Gaza. A Q&A will follow her talk.

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Community and School Safety

When: August 29th, 11am
Where: Jane-Finch Mall, 1911 Finch Ave W

All-Day Edutainment event co-led by Concrete Warriors 4 and Policing-Free Schools! & Jane Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) supporting Jane-Finch resident-led movements!

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Rally @Israeli Consulate

When: Every Friday, 3-6pm
Where: Bloor-Yonge

Come show your support for Palestinians every Friday between 3 pm and 6 pm. Come anytime for as long as you like. Most people come at 5 pm. The location is the Israel Consulate, located at 2 Bloor Street East, on the northeast corner of Yonge and Bloor Streets. Stand up for Human Rights. Raise your voice to say that the elimination of 50,000 people, including 18,000 children, is NOT okay. Will it only stop when another 2.2 million people are eradicated?

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Kidical Mass TO

When: Saturday, August 30, 9:30am
Where: Corktown Commonm, 155 Bayview Ave

Kidical Mass is an international movement for child- and cycling-friendly cities. Kidical Mass rides are an all ages and abilities celebrating cycling and highlighting the need for healthier cities. Cycle Toronto is proud to be powering the return of KidicalMassTO on the last Saturday of every month until October.

cycleto.ca

Gaza Square

When: Every Sunday, 11am to 1pm
Where: 371 Wallace Ave

We’ll be at Gaza square once again this Sunday morning with hot chocolate and coffee, buttons and posters, lawn signs and colourful chalk! Come say hi and meet your fellow neighbours/organizers as we make our presence known and continue to build safety in our community!

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Rally for Cuba

When: August 31st, 1pm
Where: 361 University Ave

Join our monthly protests to end the immoral US blockade and take Cuba off the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

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Scarborough Rally for Palestine

When: August 31st, 3pm
Where: Lawrence and Warden

We are calling on all community members to come out and stand with us in Scarborough this Sunday, before back-to-school.

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Booklaunch: Art of Solidarity

When: August 31st, 3pm
Where: 51 Stuart St, Hamilton

Join us for Labour Day Weekend on Sunday August 31 at the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre for the launch of The Art of Solidarity, a brand-new book on labour arts and heritage in Canada. This collection celebrates the legacy and future of labour arts in Canada — from protest songs to murals, banners, oral histories and more.

This event will feature a conversation with editors Stephanie Ross, Rob Kristofferson and contributors.

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Weekly Phone-zap for Palestine

When: Mondays at 12:30pm

Week after week, we’re keeping the momentum going with our Monday lunchtime zaps.

Our collective action is making waves, but we need to ensure our elected officials continue to feel the pressure until real change happens.

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Canadian Foreign Policy Hour with Yves Engler

When: Mondays at 6pm

Join author Yves Engler on Mondays for a weekly news roundup and interactive discussion about Canada’s role abroad. This weekly session will delve into the latest developments on subjects ranging from military affairs and Canada’s role in Ukraine to its contribution to Palestinian dispossession, and the exploitation of African resources. Join Yves for a critical take on Canada’s foreign policy. Questions, comments, and criticisms are all welcome.

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Co-resistance in the West Bank

When: September 4th, 8pm

The Winchevsky & Peretz Centres proudly present, in collaboration with the CJNV: Co-resistance in the West Bank: how Jews and Israelis are joining the fight for justice. A talk-back with Anna Lippman and Daniel Roth.

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OHC Weekend Educational

When: September 12-14
Where: UNIFOR Family Education Centre, Port Elgin, Ontario

A special weekend to learn, make connections, be inspired and have fun. The location is extraordinary: the beautiful town of Port Elgin on the shore of Lake Huron. It is an exciting opportunity for Health Coalition members and supporters to come together and deepen our knowledge and effectiveness in all our work with the Coalition & in other organizations and movements.

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Workers’ Self-Management and the Struggle Against Neoliberalism

By Saeed Rahnema

The recent book by Marcelo Vieta, Workers’ Self-Management in Argentina: Contesting Neo-liberalism by Occupying Companies, Creating Cooperatives, and Recuperating Autogestion (Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2020), provides a wealth of information and analysis on the emergence of worker-run production cooperatives in Argentina’s crisis-ridden industries. It highlights workers’ prominent role in occupying and self-managing factories that were either shut down or on the brink of closure following the economic crisis of the 1990s. The book also offers fascinating examples of how these worker-managed units were established.

Source: The Bullet No. 3181

The ‘Twin Bill 5s’ and De-Democratization

By Saeed Rahnema

The recent book by Marcelo Vieta, Workers’ Self-Management in Argentina: Contesting Neo-liberalism by Occupying Companies, Creating Cooperatives, and Recuperating Autogestion (Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2020), provides a wealth of information and analysis on the emergence of worker-run production cooperatives in Argentina’s crisis-ridden industries. It highlights workers’ prominent role in occupying and self-managing factories that were either shut down or on the brink of closure following the economic crisis of the 1990s. The book also offers fascinating examples of how these worker-managed units were established.

Source: The Bullet No. 3182

The Air Canada/CUPE Fight and the Bias of Law

By Harry Glasbeek

In Canada, there are only two parties to a collective agreement: the employer and the union certified as a bargaining agent for some of that employer’s workers. Workers are not parties to any collective agreement which covers them. The two parties are allowed to use their economic power to force the other into accepting an agreement. The resultant agreement is, comically, said to be a voluntary agreement. It is therefore enforceable.

Source: The Bullet No. 3183

Is Socialism Possible?

By Sam Gindin

When this essay by Sam Gindin was first published as “Socialism for Realists” in the Fall of 2018 in Catalyst, the left was at a crossroads. In the preceding years the idea of socialism seemed to finally be on the political map with several left electoral projects gaining traction in many western countries, and anti-capitalist agendas still gathering steam in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Despite these glimmers of hope, there was no overarching strategy, form of organization, or vision of a feasible socialist future.

Source: Socialist Interventions Pamphlet No. 25